Local Culture quiz- Things about ShanXi province

Local Culture quiz- Things about ShanXi province（山西省）

Multiple Choice

Can you guess what a food called "Brain"(頭腦) is :

• animal brains

• medicated diet

Brain(頭腦)

"Brain" is a traditional snack unique to Shanxi, which is a soup-like food. 

TaiYuan's mind was invented by Mr. Fu Shan, a famous scholar and medical scientist in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. 

The material ingredients of the brain are mutton, mutton pith, distiller's grains, braised noodles (fried flour), lotus root, long yam, together with astragalus and ginger, a total of eight cases, called Bazhenchang（八珍湯）.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is Shanxi architecture？

• Qiao Family Courtyard

• Taierzhuang Ancient Town

Qiao Family Courtyard

Qiao Family Courtyard located in Qiaojiabao Village, Qi County, Shanxi Province, was built in 1756. The whole courtyard is in the shape of double "Xi". It is divided into 6 courtyards, with 20 small courtyards and 313 houses, with a construction area of 4175 square meters and facing the street on three sides.

Multiple Choice

Whether TaiYuan gong and drum are used for festive days?

• True

• False

• Taiyuan gongs and drums are a kind of local traditional gongs and drums that are popular in Taiyuan and Jinzhong, Shanxi Province. They are often played in rural areas and factories. It is the general name of seven kinds of gongs and drums. 

  
  

• The most important feature of Taiyuan gongs and drums is that the two teams are positioned against each other. 

  The emergence of this kind of confrontation is often seen on festive days, and the two teams see each other on the street.